Anthurium plant named ‘ANTHIHPIXG’

ABSTRACT

A new  Anthurium  plant named ‘ANTHIHPIXG’ particularly distinguished by having medium blistered and weakly glossy, orange with white venation, cordate, and durable spathes that retain the original color for a very long period of time, with dark green, elliptical-cordate, durable leaves, white spadices with orange-yellow tips, early and rich flowering continuously throughout the year, and a plant height of 18.0 cm to 23.0 cm is disclosed.

Genus and species: Anthurium andraeanum L.

Variety denomination: ‘ANTHIHPIXG’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of Anthurium,botanically known as Anthurium andraeanum L., and hereinafter referredto by the variety name ‘ANTHIHPIXG’. The new Anthurium plant is aproduct of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor inBleiswijk, the Netherlands. The objective of this breeding program wasto create a new plant with a height of 18.0 cm to 23.0 cm having mediumblistered and weakly glossy, orange with white venation, cordate, anddurable spathes.

The new variety originated from a cross-pollination made in May 2013 inBleiswijk, the Netherlands. The female parent was a red with venationAnthurium pot plant designated ‘26918-01’ (unpatented), and the maleparent was an orange with venation Anthurium pot plant designated‘27006-01’ (unpatented).

A single plant was selected from the progeny of the stated cross in May2015. Asexual reproduction of the new variety by tissue culture in 2016in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, has demonstrated that the new varietyreproduces true to type with all of the characteristics, as hereindescribed, firmly fixed and retained through successive generations.

Community Plant Variety Rights for this variety have been applied for inthe European Union on Nov. 12, 2019 (Application no. 2019/2944), byApplicant who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly from theinventor. ‘ANTHIHPIXG’ has not been made publicly available or soldanywhere in the world prior to the effective filing date of thisapplication with the exception of sales or disclosures made one year orless before the effective filing date of this claimed invention byApplicant who obtained ‘ANTHIHPIXG’ directly from the inventor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishingcharacteristics of this new variety when grown under normalhorticultural practices in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands:

-   -   1) Medium blistered and weakly glossy, orange with white        venation, cordate spathes;    -   2) White spadices with orange-yellow tips; and    -   3) Green, elliptical-cordate leaves.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

This new Anthurium plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographswhich show the overall plant habit including blooms and foliage of theplant; the colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained byconventional photographic procedures. The photographs are of a28-week-old plant grown in a greenhouse in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands,in November 2021. Colors in the photographs may differ from the colorvalues cited in the detailed botanical description, which accuratelydescribe the actual colors of the new variety.

FIG. 1 shows the overall plant habit, including blooms and foliage.

FIG. 2 shows a close-up of the mature spathe.

FIG. 3 shows a close-up of the upper leaf blade surface.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY

The following detailed description sets forth the distinctivecharacteristics of ‘ANTHIHPIXG’. The data which define thesecharacteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out inBleiswijk, the Netherlands. The plant history was taken on 28-week-oldplants which were planted from tissue culture in 9-centimeter (diameter)pots and grown in a glass greenhouse between 19° C. and 24° C.Observations were made in November 2021. Color readings were taken under5000 lux natural light in the greenhouse. Color references are primarilyto The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London(RHS) (2015).

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

-   Classification:    -   -   Family.—Araceae.        -   Botanical.—Anthurium andraeanum L.        -   Common name.—Anthurium.        -   Denomination.—‘ANTHIHPIXG’.-   Parentage:    -   -   Female parent.—Anthurium plant ‘26918-01’ (unpatented).        -   Male parent.—Anthurium plant ‘27006-01’ (unpatented).-   Plant:    -   -   Propagation.—Tissue culture.        -   Root description.—Fleshy-creamy (RHS 160D) colored roots            with small pink (RHS 35C) lateral roots having yellow (RHS            9A) colored root tips.        -   Time to produce a finished flowering plant.—26 to 30 weeks            after planting in a 9-cm (diameter) pot.        -   Growth habit.—Upright.        -   Height (measured from soil, including inflorescence).—18.0            cm to 23.0 cm.        -   Width (measured from leaf tips).—20.0 cm to 22.0 cm.-   Leaves:    -   -   Immature leaves.—Length: 9.0 cm to 11.0 cm. Width: 5.0 cm to            6.0 cm. Color: Upper surface: RHS 146A. Lower surface: RHS            146C. Texture (both upper and lower surfaces): Glossy,            leathery, and thin.        -   Mature leaves.—Length (fully expanded): 11.0 cm to 13.0 cm.            Width: 6.0 cm to 8.0 cm. Shape: Elliptical cordate. Apex:            Abruptly acuminate. Base: Cordate. Leaf blade angle with the            petiole: Between 110 degrees and 130 degrees. Leaf margin:            Entire. Color: Upper surface: RHS 147A. Lower surface: RHS            146B. Texture: Upper surface: Leathery and thick. Lower            surface: Glossy, leathery, and thick. Venation: Pinnate            veining; the mid-vein and primary veins (the veins that            radiate out from the junction of petiole and leaf) protrude            at the underside of the leaf blade. Venation color: Upper            surface: RHS 144A. Lower surface: RHS 144B.        -   Lobes.—Present. Arrangement: Leaf blade has two lobes            extending past the petiole. The lobes are non-touching.            Length of lobes of mature leaf blades: 1.0 cm to 1.5 cm.            Width of lobes of mature leaf blades: 2.0 cm to 3.0 cm.            Distance from petiole/leaf junction to highest point on            lobes of mature leaf blades: 1.0 cm to 2.0 cm.        -   Petiole.—Cross-section: Round. Diameter: 0.2 cm to 0.3 cm.            Length: 14.0 cm to 16.0 cm for a mature leaf size. Color:            Mature leaf: RHS 144A. Immature leaf: RHS 144B. Cataphyll            color surrounding the petiole: Outside: RHS 144B. Inside:            RHS 145C.        -   Geniculum.—Length: 1.0 cm to 1.5 cm. Width: 0.2 cm to            0.3 cm. Color: RHS 144B.-   Inflorescence:    -   -   Arrangement.—Single.        -   Flowering habit (length of flowering season).—Continuous.        -   Number of inflorescences per plant.—4 to 6.        -   Fragrance.—Absent.        -   Longevity of inflorescence on plant.—Over a year.-   Spathe:    -   -   Buds.—The spathe is tightly rolled around the spadix and            extrudes from the peduncle sheath. After the spathe is fully            opened the peduncle elongates some extra centimeters.        -   Arrangement.—Spathe angle with the peduncle is between 100            degrees and 115 degrees; the spathe stands on a wiry            peduncle about 3.0 cm to 6.0 cm above the foliage.        -   Shape.—Cordate.        -   Apex.—Acuminate.        -   Base.—Cordate.        -   Texture.—Medium blistered and weakly glossy.        -   Margin.—Weakly undulated.        -   Size.—Length: 6.0 cm to 7.0 cm. Width: 5.5 cm to 6.5 cm.        -   Lobes.—Present. Arrangement: The spathe has two lobes            extending past the peduncle. The lobes are non-touching.            Length: 0.5 cm to 1.0 cm. Width: 1.5 cm to 2.5 cm.        -   Color.—Just fully open: Upper surface: Orange (RHS 41A) with            greenish-white venation (RHS 157C). Lower surface: Pink (RHS            41D) with greenish-white venation (RHS 157C) and light            yellow-green middle vein (RHS 144C). This orange color            remains for a very long period, at least more than 30 weeks            after opening.-   Peduncle:    -   -   Shape.—Erect.        -   Cross-section.—Round.        -   Length.—18.0 cm to 20.0 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.2 cm to 0.3 cm.        -   Color.—RHS 144A.-   Flowering time:    -   -   General.—One small, rooted, untreated tissue culture plant            of 8.0 cm tall will flower, depending on the season, after            26 to 30 weeks and 4 to 5 blossoms appear. More blossoms            appear after some additional weeks so that a full flowering            and commercial plant will have 5 to 6 orange with venation            spathes. Smaller blossoms may occur on immature plants.-   Spadix:    -   -   Size.—Length: 2.5 cm to 3.0 cm (depending on flower size).            Width (at apex): 0.4 cm to 0.5 cm. Width (at base): 0.5 cm            to 0.6 cm.        -   Shape.—Columnar.        -   Angle of spadix tip with peduncle.—140 degrees to 150            degrees.        -   Texture.—When the spathe is unfurling, the spadix is smooth.            When the spadix matures, small stigmata protrude. The            stigmata are evenly distributed around the spadix. The            spadix matures from base to top, slowly giving the spadix a            somewhat rough appearance.        -   Color.—Immature: RHS 23A. Mature: RHS N155C. Ages to: RHS            11C.-   Flowers:    -   -   Quantity per spadix.—50 to 80.        -   Spadix flower arrangement.—Bisexual, rounded in            cross-section.        -   Shape.—Rounded.        -   Size.—Length: 0.05 cm to 0.10 cm. Diameter (maximum): 0.10            cm.        -   Color.—RHS 158C.-   Reproductive organs:    -   -   Stamens.—Not visible.        -   Pollen amount.—Absent.        -   Pistil.—Quantity: 50 to 80. Length: Less than 0.01 cm.            Color: RHS 158C.        -   Style.—Not observed to date.        -   Stigma.—Shape: Ovoid. Diameter: Less than 0.01 cm. Color:            RHS 158C.        -   Ovary.—Rarely visible.        -   Ovary color.—Not measured.-   Fruit and seed set: None observed to date.-   Disease and pest resistance: No specific resistance or    susceptibility observed to pathogens or pests common to Anthurium    under commercial conditions to date.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL AND SIMILAR COMMERCIAL VARIETIES

The female parent plant of ‘ANTHIHPIXG’, cultivar ‘26918-01’(unpatented), is no longer in existence, therefore a meaningfulcomparison cannot be made.

The male parent plant of ‘ANTHIHPIXG’, cultivar ‘27006-01’ (unpatented),is no longer in existence, therefore a meaningful comparison cannot bemade.

‘ANTHIHPIXG’ differs from similar commercial variety ‘ANTHFYTWAL’ (U.S.Plant Pat. No. 29,774) in that ‘ANTHIHPIXG’ has elliptical-cordateleaves, spathes with a main upper surface color of orange, and an angleof the spadix tip with the peduncle of 140 degrees to 150 degrees,whereas ‘ANTHFYTWAL’ has deltoid leaves, spathes with a main uppersurface color of red, and an angle of the spadix tip with the peduncleof 170 degrees to 180 degrees.

‘ANTHIHPIXG’ differs from similar variety ‘ANTHGNOBIC’ (unpatented) inthat ‘ANTHIHPIXG’ has spathes with medium blistering that are straightin cross section of middle zone and have a main upper surface color oforange, whereas ‘ANTHGNOBIC’ has spathes with very weak to weakblistering that are concave in cross section of middle zone and have amain upper surface color of red.

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of Anthurium plant named‘ANTHIHPIXG’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.